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Surgery and procedures CPT 50590 Maine Outpatient

Shock wave lithotripsy cost in Maine

In Maine, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for shock-wave lithotripsy to break up kidney stones (from outside the body): from $1,808.75 to $7,286.61, with a median of $2,582.98. The lowest price is at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital (Ellsworth). The highest price is 4.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,582.98, is 65% below the US median of $7,462.00.
  • Maine ranks 2nd of 42 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 50590. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,808.75Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
Median$2,582.98half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,286.61in Maine
Lowest saves$774.23vs the median

Hospitals in Maine, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital lowest Ellsworth · Ellsworth, ME HC Lithotripsy Extracorporeal Shock $1,808.75 $7,235.00 Mar 30, 2026
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Northern Light Mercy Hospital Portland · Portland-South Portland, ME LITHOTRIPSY $1,881.10 $7,235.00 Apr 15, 2026
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Northern Light Mayo Hospital Dover Foxcroft · Dover Foxcroft, ME Lithotripsy $2,412.96 $7,312.00 Mar 30, 2026
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Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital Pittsfield · Pittsfield, ME HC LITHOTRPSY EXTRA SHOCK WAVE $2,582.98 $7,597.00 Mar 30, 2026
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MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital Rockport · Rockport, ME HC LITHOTRIPSEY SERVICE $2,935.20 $2,935.20 Oct 30, 2026
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Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston · Lewiston-Auburn, ME HC FRAGMENT KIDNEY STONE/ ESWL $3,478.00 $175.00 Jun 25, 2026
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Penobscot Valley Hospital Lincoln · Bangor, ME LITHOTRIPSY $7,286.61 $9,108.26 Apr 24, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Bangor, ME 1 $7,286.61 $7,286.61
Dover Foxcroft, ME 1 $2,412.96 $2,412.96
Ellsworth, ME 1 $1,808.75 $1,808.75
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 1 $3,478.00 $3,478.00
Pittsfield, ME 1 $2,582.98 $2,582.98
Portland-South Portland, ME 1 $1,881.10 $1,881.10
Rockport, ME 1 $2,935.20 $2,935.20
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What shock wave lithotripsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shock wave lithotripsy explained.

Shock-wave lithotripsy to break up kidney stones (from outside the body) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.